914th Airlift Wing

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current_commander=Colonel [http://www.niagara.afrc.af.mil/library/biographies/bio.asp?id=9787 Reinhard Schmidt]
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The 914th Airlift Wing (914 AW) is a wing of the United States Air Force based out of the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, New York. The 914th Airlift Wing trains and equips reservists to perform the combat mission of aerial re-supply.

History

The 914th has trained for and participated in air transport of airborne forces, equipment and supplies with delivery by airdrop, extraction, and airlanding, as well as air evacuation within a theater of operations since its creation in 1963. It provided airlift to Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War and for other contingency operations, as well as numerous humanitarian missions. Beginning in 1978 the 914th supported the U.S. Southern Command by periodically fulfilling airlift requirements throughout Latin America. Between September 1990 and April 1991 the group deployed all aircraft and numerous aircrews and support personnel to Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, to provide airlift in support of the war in Southwest Asia, including a tactical resupply airdrop to troops of the XVIII Airborne Corps. A 314th crew provided the first medevac mission of the war. Other personnel deployed to Saudi Arabia and backfilled positions in the U.S. and Europe. Since the early 1990s the wing has frequently deployed personnel in support of contingency operations in Southwest Asia and the Balkans.

Operations

*Vietnam War
*Operation Desert Shield
*Operation Desert Storm
*Operation Enduring Freedom
*Operation Iraqi Freedom

Previous designations

*914th Troop Carrier Group (1963 – 1967)
*914th Tactical Airlift Group (1967 – 1992)
*914th Airlift Group (1992 – 1994)
*914th Airlift Wing (1994 – Present)

Assignments

Major command

*Continental Air Command (1963)
*Air Force Reserve Command (1994 – Present)

Numbered Air Force

*10th Air Force (1994 – 1997)
*22nd Air Force (1997 – Present)

Wing

*512th Troop Carrier Wing (1963 – 1964)
*94th Troop Carrier Wing (1964 – 1966)
*302d Tactical Airlift Wing (1966 – 1969)
*440th Tactical Airlift Wing (1969 – 1971)
*403d Tactical Airlift Wing (1971 – 1976)
*349th Airlift Wing (1976 – 1992)
*94th Airlift Wing (1992 – 1994)

ubordinate organizations

914th Operations Group (914 OG)
*328th Airlift Squadron (328 AS)

914th Maintenance Group (914 MXG)

914th Mission Support Group (914 MSG)
*30th Aerial Port Squadron (30 APS)
*914 Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron (914 AES)
*914 Aeromedical Staging Squadron (914 ASTS)
*914th Civil Engineering Squadron (914 CES)
*914th Communications Squadron (914 CS)
*914th Contracting Flight (914 CONF)
*914th Mission Support Flight (914 MSF)
*914th Security Forces Squadron (914 SFS)
*914th Services Squadron (914 SVS)
*914th Logistics Readiness Squadron (914 LRS)

Aircraft operated

*C-119 Flying Boxcar (1963 – 1971)
*C-130 Hercules (1971 – Present)

External links

* [http://www.niagara.afrc.af.mil/ Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station Home Page]